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Henry Box Brown
On 29th March 1849, Henry Brown got into a box that was 3 feet long by 2 feet 8 inches deep by 2 feet wide and was posted to Philadelphia…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Richard Newman provides a 25-page introduction to a revised autobiography of Henry Box Brown, a fugitive slave who in 1849 devised his own escape to freedom by shipping himself in…
Henry Brown
Title: Narrative of Henry "Box" Brown
Description:
The "Narrative of Henry 'Box' Brown" is a poignant and remarkable account of one man's extraordinary journey from the shackles of slavery to…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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It is the most celebrated escape in the history of American slavery. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty-seven-hour…
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1851 Edition.
Title: Narrative of Henry Box Brown, who escaped from slavery enclosed in a box 3 feet long and 2 wide.Author: Henry Box BrownPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph…
Memoir of escape from slavery by someone who hid inside a crate shipped from Richmond to Philadelphia. Just as relevant now as it was 150 years ago. - Henry Louis…
Martha Cutter
On March 23, 1849, Henry Brown climbed into a large wooden postal crate and was mailed from slavery in Richmond, Virginia, to freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Box Brown, as he…
On March 23, 1849, Henry Brown climbed into a large wooden postal crate and was mailed from slavery in Richmond, Virginia, to freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. "Box Brown," as he…
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Sally M Walker
An award-winning author and illustrator join forces for a stirring and emotional retelling of Henry Box Brown’s famed escape from slavery–a feat he achieved by mailing himself to freedom. Full…
Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to Philadelphia, a twenty-seven-hour journey to freedom. This work tells the story of his famed escape…
Kathleen Chater
Tells the story of Henry Box Brown, concentrating on the relatively unknown period of his life in Britain, detailing both how he was received and how he developed as a…
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
Narrative
Cure for the Evil of Slavery (by Charles Stearns)
Footnotes
Not for the purpose of administering to a prurient desire to hear and see some…
Charles Stearns
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work is in the public…
Carole Boston Weatherford
The life of a man who courageously shipped himself out of slavery
In stanzas of six lines each, each line representing one side of a box, … poet Carole Boston Weatherford … narrates Henry Brown’s story of how he came to send…
